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Hey everyone! After six months of almost no activity, Sorcerer’s Apprentice is back! Thanks to my patrons from Patreon I was able to get the money to restock my paper and found a place in the US that sells it for a reasonable price. So the series is continuing where we left off in chapter 14. I’ve missed working on the series and am glad to be back. If you want to help too, and get access to some cool stuff, become a patron for Bwillett Comics.

Also, next week is Nan Desu Kan and once again I’ll be doing the artist alley. I’ll have lots of cool products including Sorcerer’s Apprentice v.1 and 2. Volume 3 isn’t ready yet, but please come by and say hi anyway.

Bwillett Comics is finally on Patreon. I’ve been talking about it the past few weeks and now the campaign is live. In case you are wondering, Patreon is like a long-term Kickstarter account. Instead of supporting a single project (like just one book getting printed) you are supporting the project runner and *all* my projects. Just like Kickstarter, there is a reward tier for donating, where the more you support, the cooler stuff you get. But don’t freak out if you are broke, because my reward tiers start out at just a dollar a month. By donating, you make sure that Bwillett Comics continues and that I don’t have to worry about anything like lack of supplies (which is why Sorcerer’s Apprentice isn’t updating), or lack of internet service. You can cancel your subscriptions at any time, and change the amount you want to donate, but by donating ANYTHING, it means all my fans benefit.

I mentioned a little while ago why Sorcerer’s Apprentice has gone on on a much longer hiatus than I originally planned. And many of you know I finally have internet again. So you’re probably wondering why Sorcerer’s Apprentice isn’t bad while Midnight Menagerie is. This is large due to the fact that unlike Midnight Menagerie, about 70% of Sorcerer’s Apprentice is done traditionally. Each page is drawn on, inked by hand and then scanned into computer where only the text and tones are added with software. I did this in order to get a certain look to the pages and it’s something I’ll continue to do.

Unfortunately, to do those pages requires a few things. One is paper. Right before the hiatus I ran out. I only have a few sheets left, and as it stands I won’t even be able to finish the chapter. I get the paper special from Japan (I’m not pretentious, it actually just works out cheaper than buying American sold bristol board and cutting it to size) and I haven’t been able to contact my friend in Tokyo (Billy Garraghan, also the translator for Renard’s wonderful French tirades) to send me a few packs so I can get started up again. Another monkey in the machinery is that my work tables are currently blocked off which means I can’t ink. Also, a few things have come up that have eaten most of my time leaving me only able to work on the weekends. The rest of the time has been dealing with life stuff that cannot be avoided or put off. I’m not canceling the series, but even when I do get the paper I’m not sure I’ll be able to update again for a while. This means book three will be pushed back at least a year (I had hoped to have it available for NDK this year, that’s not gonna happen) and the hiatus is going to last the next three months at least. So my faithful fans, keep checking back and I’ll give you the latest news as it happens.

In the meantime, however, I will be contacting various bookstores and comic book places to start carrying Sorcerer’s Apprentice v.1. So even if there won’t be anything new for a while, there will at least be easier ways to get physical books.

As many of you have noticed, Sorcerer’s Apprentice hasn’t been updating and there haven’t been any news announcements as to why. I apologize for the lack of information. Due to circumstances beyond my control, I have not had access to internet in over two months. I’m afraid I can’t get into specifics as to why, but I want everyone to know this hiatus was unplanned and that Sorcerer’s Apprentice isn’t canceled, at least for now.

So will Sorcerer’s Apprentice be updating again any time soon? Unfortunately, I have no idea. Without getting into specifics, what’s been going on with my life can pretty easily be summed up as a giant, overwhelming nightmare. Not only have I not been able to get to the internet, I have not been able to work on Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Unfortunately, this update is an exception and not a rule, and I have no idea if and when I will have access to internet again, and I cannot say at this time when Sorcerer’s Apprentice will be coming back. In addition to the junk that is now threatening to consume and dismantle what was my life, I have also run out materials to work on new pages, and money with which to purchase new materials. All I ask is that you don’t forget about the series and keep me in your well wishes, because with everything that’s going on, I need as much positive power as I can get. God bless.

Hey guys, the hiatus isn’t over just yet but I thought it’s extremely important that I post this update. Long story short things are really bad in my life right now. In other words, Sorcerer’s Apprentice is in danger of being shelved. Being shelved means an indefinite hiatus, I might be able to come back to it, or I might have to cancel it forever. And with the way things look right now, things are firmly in that second column as of now. So what can you personally do to prevent this from happening? There are actually a few things:

Click on the banner ads and vote for Sorcerer’s Apprentice on Top Web Comics. Higher click rates and more views means higher ad revenue. Most of the banner ads lead to other web comics rather than spam so you’re actually not wasting anything.

Tell your friends, your family, whomever about Sorcerer’s Apprentice. I do ads and social networking stuff, but the best promotion for a web comic is word of mouth. I cannot stress this enough. Talk about the series. Recommend the series on your blogs and tumblr accounts. Make fan art. Make fan fiction. Anything! Let’s grow the fan base!

Follow me on social media. I am on Facebook, Tumblr, Deviant Art, and Twitter and have very few followers and even less active followers. And Reblog and Retweet stuff instead of just faving it. Comment on stuff. No one sees your favs, while it’s awesome that people like my stuff, it does me no good if no one sees beyond the fanbase I already have.

Buy the books. Through Indy Planet, Sorcerer’s Apprentice is available both digitally or in print. In fact, the digital version is much cheaper than the print version, so don’t give me the ‘but shipping is so high’ excuse. There is an active link on the site at all time. I know Indy Planet is hard to navigate, which is why the links are always visible on the page and the main page of Bwillett Comics. Buying the books gives me working capital. Buying the books means I have cash and resources to continue the series. The profits from v.2 so far haven’t even been enough to cover the cost of the ink I’ve used let alone paper, printing and actual living money for things like food and bills. I can’t even afford internet right now. Buying the books means I’m more attractive to bigger publishing firms that have the resources and power to distribute better.

At this point I’ve done all I can to keep the series alive, but if I don’t see some serious turnaround by the end of March, I’ll be forced to stop working on it. It’s all up to you guys now.